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I-70 has one official branch in Colorado, I-270, which connects the Interstate with the Denver–Boulder Turnpike. Where these two freeways merge is the busiest portion of I-70 in the state, with an average of 183,000 vehicles per day as of 2009 [update] . [ 18 ]
The big rigs were towed out by the afternoon, said Sgt. Patrick Rice of the Colorado State Patrol. Some drivers may have been stranded until I-70 reopened, he said, but no injuries were reported. The highway remains closed to trucks through noon Friday and could shut to passenger vehicles too as the storm picks up.
The Grizzly Creek Fire caused a section of I-70 between Glenwood Springs and Gypsum in Glenwood Canyon to be closed on August 10, 2020. It was reopened by CDOT the morning of August 24, 2020. [ 22 ] Local roads were also closed in the area, including Highway 82 which passes over Independence Pass.
Drivers heading west across Interstate 70 are being told to avoid traveling that way after winter weather has forced the highway to be shut down at the Kansas/Colorado border.
The first call went to Lakewood Emergency Officials around 4:50 p.m. [8] Interstate 70 was officially closed eastbound and westbound at Colorado Mills Parkway by the Colorado Department of Transportation at 5:03 p.m. [10] Interstate 70 would later be closed from Exit 261 to Exit 265 at 6:24 p.m. [11] The fire wasn't fully under control and able ...
DENVER — Interstate 70 has reopened after being partially closed Wednesday due to a winter storm blanketing Colorado in snow. Up to 10 inches of snow was reported along the interstate that cuts ...
Traffic backed up on parts of Interstate 70, west of Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday evening. Traffic was at a standstill in the Veterans Memorial Tunnel, above, in Idaho Springs.
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, just outside Baltimore, Maryland. I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 (US 40; the old National Road) east of the Rocky Mountains. West of the Rocky ...